Spoolman is a free, open-source, self-hosted filament inventory: a tidy database of your spools that you run on your own server. It's genuinely good software, and if you live in Klipper and Moonraker and want to own your data, it's a sensible pick.
But Spoolman is a database, not a tracker. It doesn't connect to your printers; it waits for other software to tell it what you used. SimplyPrint's filament manager works the other way around: it's connected to your printers, reads the G-code of every print, and keeps each spool accurate on its own, with no plugins, no scale, and no server for you to run. Here's a fair, side-by-side look, first purely as a filament manager, then as the whole platform.
Automatic usage tracking, NFC across every standard, Bambu & Creality AMS auto-import, direct Dymo & Zebra label printing, drying, storage locations, a mobile app and the Open Filament Database. See it all, with screenshots, on one page.
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Compare Spoolman vs SimplyPrint:
Spoolman is a free, MIT-licensed, self-hosted spool database, a great fit if you run Klipper/Moonraker, want to own your data, and don't mind wiring up a plugin to feed it usage. It doesn't connect to printers itself.
SimplyPrint is a connected filament manager: it reads the G-code of every print on your printer and deducts filament automatically, with no plugins, no scale and no server to run, plus native NFC, Bambu and Creality AMS auto-import, direct Dymo and Zebra label printing, and the open, MIT-licensed Open Filament Database (151 brands and growing). And the filament manager is free on every plan. If you want tracking that just happens across any printer brand, that's SimplyPrint; if self-hosting a database you control is the point, that's Spoolman.
Comparing purely as a filament manager, the deep, head-to-head view.
This is the heart of it. Spoolman is a database that other software has to feed; it doesn't talk to your printers. SimplyPrint is connected to them, so your inventory stays right on its own.
[spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin and set the active spool yourself, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.Credit where it's due: Spoolman's filament data is genuinely open. So is ours. The difference is reach, how you contribute, and whether the data is wired into tracking.
Spoolman is a well-made tool, and for some setups it's the right call. Credit where it's due:
Spoolman does one job, filament inventory, and self-hosts it well. SimplyPrint includes that same filament manager and surrounds it with the rest of a print operation: a print queue, a full cloud slicer, AI failure and bed detection, a maintenance system, teams and permissions, mobile apps and more, in one hosted platform that's free to start. In the table below, Spoolman's column is filament; ours is the whole platform.
The same filament comparison, plus everything else SimplyPrint does that a spool database doesn't.
This is the heart of it. Spoolman is a database that other software has to feed; it doesn't talk to your printers. SimplyPrint is connected to them, so your inventory stays right on its own.
[spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin and set the active spool yourself, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.Credit where it's due: Spoolman's filament data is genuinely open. So is ours. The difference is reach, how you contribute, and whether the data is wired into tracking.
Spoolman is a well-made tool, and for some setups it's the right call. Credit where it's due:
Gratis per sempre. Nessuna carta di credito.
Nothing is black-and-white, and there are always pros and cons to consider when choosing a 3D printing cloud solution!
And we're not here to simply tell you, that SimplyPrint is the best - we want you to make an informed decision, and of course there are pros of using Spoolman as well!
[spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.|
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| Filament management | ||
| Free to use | ||
| Open-source / self-hostable ? | ||
| Filament database ? | SpoolmanDB (separate) | Open Filament Database |
| Open, community-built database ? | ||
| Add filament without code or GitHub ? | ||
| Connects directly to your printer ? | ||
| Automatic usage tracking (no manual subtracting) ? | Via Moonraker / OctoPrint plugin | |
| AMS auto-import (Bambu / Creality / Anycubic) ? | Bambu, Creality, Anycubic + more | |
| Read filament NFC tags | ||
| Write filament NFC tags | ||
| Label printing (direct to Dymo / Zebra) | QR labels; no thermal driver | Dymo & Zebra |
| Barcode / QR scanning | ||
| Drying tracking | ||
| Storage locations | Text field, no nesting | |
| Cost & spend tracking | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Mobile app (iOS & Android) | ||
| Multi-user / team access | ||
| Import your existing spools ? | ||
| Developer API for filament data ? | ||
| Confrontare | Saperne di più | Saperne di più |
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| Filament management | ||
| Free to use | ||
| Open-source / self-hostable ? | ||
| Filament database ? | SpoolmanDB (separate) | Open Filament Database |
| Open, community-built database ? | ||
| Add filament without code or GitHub ? | ||
| Connects directly to your printer ? | ||
| Automatic usage tracking (no manual subtracting) ? | Via Moonraker / OctoPrint plugin | |
| AMS auto-import (Bambu / Creality / Anycubic) ? | Bambu, Creality, Anycubic + more | |
| Read filament NFC tags | ||
| Write filament NFC tags | ||
| Label printing (direct to Dymo / Zebra) | QR labels; no thermal driver | Dymo & Zebra |
| Barcode / QR scanning | ||
| Drying tracking | ||
| Storage locations | Text field, no nesting | |
| Cost & spend tracking | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Mobile app (iOS & Android) | ||
| Multi-user / team access | ||
| Import your existing spools ? | ||
| Developer API for filament data ? | ||
| Generale | ||
| Ha un piano gratuito | ||
| Free printers | 2 | |
| Costo massimo | Free, self-hosted | Free, or from $4/printer/mo |
| Archiviazione cloud gratuita | 1GB | |
| Costo basato sull'utilizzo | ||
| Stampa illimitata | ||
| Supporta tutte le stampanti | ||
| Funzioni | ||
| Accesso remoto | ||
| Conosce la stampante | ||
| File nel cloud | ||
| Coda di stampa | ||
| Livestream | ||
| Analisi Gcode | ||
| Rilevamento fallimenti con IA | ||
| AI Bed Check (is the bed clear?) | ||
| AutoPrint / stampa continua | ||
| Maintenance & servicing system | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Staggered Start (for power draw) | ||
| Cronologia dei lavori di stampa | ||
| Stampare da remoto | ||
| Slicer integrato | ||
| Adatto a più stampanti | ||
| Multi-stampa | ||
| Multi-streaming | ||
| Statistiche | ||
| API | ||
| Rotazione intelligente dello slicer | ||
| Cambio filamento intelligente | ||
| Assistente di livellamento del piano | ||
| Organizzazione | ||
| Più utenti | ||
| Gruppi utente / ruoli | ||
| Permessi utente | ||
| Piano scuola | ||
| File & cartelle condivisi | ||
| Profili slicer condivisi | ||
| Hub | ||
| Domini personalizzati | ||
| SSO (accesso unico) | ||
| Notifiche | ||
| Notifiche email | ||
| Notifiche push (mobile / app) | ||
| Notifiche via SMS / messaggio di testo | ||
| App | ||
| App Android | ||
| app per iOS | ||
| "PWA" (applicazione web installabile) | ||
| Security & privacy | ||
| Autenticazione a due fattori dell'account | ||
| Analisi & raccolta dati attente alla privacy ? | ||
| Supporto | ||
| Supporto via chat live | ||
| Supporto telefonico | ||
| Assistenza via email | ||
| Firmware & supporto gateway | ||
| Installazione di OctoPrint | ||
| Supporto nativo per Moonraker | ||
| Installazione di Mainsail | ||
| Installazione di Fluidd | ||
| Compatibilità con Klipper | ||
| Integrazione con Duet3D | ||
| Supporto diretto per Prusa (MK4, XL e successivi / nuove schede madri) | ||
| Integrazione diretta con le stampanti Bambu Lab | ||
| Supporto per integrazioni personalizzate | ||
| Enterprise & partner | ||
| OEM | ||
| Programma partner (rivenditore/distributore) | ||
| Programma di affiliazione | ||
| On-prem / self-hosting ? | Contact us | |
| Confrontare | Saperne di più | Saperne di più |
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[spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin and set the active spool, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers. SimplyPrint reads the G-code of every print on a connected printer and deducts usage automatically, with nothing to install.SimplyPrint è nato dal fatto che nessun altro prodotto sul mercato rispondeva pienamente alle nostre esigenze. Volevamo una piattaforma facile da usare, ma che avesse comunque tutte le funzionalità necessarie. Volevamo una piattaforma ricca di funzionalità, intuitiva e facile da usare, con un'ottima esperienza utente e una vera innovazione nel settore del software di gestione della stampa 3D.
In sintesi, per quanto ci riguarda (umili e imparziali come siamo 😉), la piattaforma SimplyPrint è un'ottima alternativa a Spoolman!
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